单词 | state of gas |
释义 | > as lemmasstate of gas c. A particular form in which matter can exist, as solid, liquid, or gas. Also (now rare) with of, as state of gas, state of liquid, etc. (i.e. a gaseous, liquid, etc., state). Cf. state of matter n.critical, solid state: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > phases > [noun] state1652 state of matter1665 phase1875 1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women iii. 136 If you take these Mettals..and put them into a Crusible in a Melting Furnace, with a strong Fire, this Powder will return into Mettal again..; you see then that the same matter is in a threefold different state, for being a solid Body, it is afterwards reduced to a Powder, and then again it is turned into a fluid matter. 1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. v. ii. 115/1 (side note) How Mercury may be fixed, and afterwards reduced to its liquid state again. 1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 60 Converted into the state of gas by caloric. 1790 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. (new ed.) I. 355 The heat absorbed by elastic fluids, in their aerification, is disengaged when they return to a liquid or solid state. 1899 J. Walker Introd. Physical Chem. xii. 124 If the substance is in the state of vapour, the heat of vaporisation must be added. 1908 Athenæum 28 Mar. 390/1 All the ‘non-valent’ elements..should sublime, or pass from the solid into the gaseous state without liquefaction. 1924 Isis 6 551 Crookes spoke of having discovered a Fourth State of matter, as far removed from the state of gas, as a gas is from a liquid. 1988 J. D. Barrow & F. J. Tipler Anthropic Cosmol. Princ. (rev. ed.) vi. 372 When the Universe has aged a million years or so..; the radiation era is over and the Universe is no longer in a plasma state. 2011 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Oct. b9/5 LNG—a technology that essentially superfreezes the gas into a liquid state, allowing it to be loaded onto ships—has opened up new, world-wide markets. < as lemmas |
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